Chapter 41 - A Reason to Smile

"Does Sei really not smile at all?"

Davi's question was followed by a short silence. Well, it was simply because Zaki was quite speechless. He had mentally prepared himself to answer a hardcore question, only to end up hearing such a random, unexpected and seemingly silly question.

"That… that… that is your question?" he asked.

"Mm. I once asked the maids and Mr. Gou but they too said they haven't seen him smile, not even once. Wait, what's with that reaction? Don't tell me that's forbidden as well!"

"Huh? Of course not! Haha. I was just surprised. I really didn't see that coming." Zaki was laughing hard, causing Davi to become quite impatient.

"Just answer me. We're about to reach the entrance."

"Okay, okay… well, Sei is… how do I put this. Now that you mention it, I don't even remember the last time he smiled – O-OUCH!"

Zaki playfully shouted in pain when Davi's arm tightened around his neck again, this time, consciously, like she was going to strangle him for real if he didn't let her hear the answer she was looking for. This, of course, caused Zaki to crack up once again deep within. Seriously, this girl!

"Uh… please stop playing around. I answered you seriously!"

"Apologies, apologies. Okay this is it… hmm… well, he really doesn't smile anymore or if he does, it happens once in a blue moon. He does have that terrifying and deadly evil smile when he gets beyond angry and is about to kill a… a certain sly prey... that's when we go hunting in the mountain, haha. But well, that isn't really the smile you're talking about, right?"

The girl nodded and Zaki took a slightly deep breath, then continued talking. "Tell me, seriously, of all the other questions you could ask about him, why this?"

"Because I know you can't answer the questions I really wanted to ask and I just really wanted to know. I want to see him smile... wait, don't distract me! You haven't finished answering my question yet!"

"Haha, okay, okay. Here we go. As you know, he is always an impa.s.sive type. He appears as though he is a beast who doesn't really know how to react normally. He did smile once in a while, back when we were kids but yeah, it was still a rare sight even back then… so It's not really that surprising. I mean of course, there are also some factors behind it but I think…"

"Factors? Such as?"

"Er… that… that's a dangerous question young miss, haha. All I can say is, it's not like he can't. You can think of it like he just doesn't have a reason to smile. But you don't have to worry, I think sooner or later, you can eventually make him smile again."

Davi was speechless after his statement. Zaki was curious about what kind of expression would have been showing on her face at the moment, but, unluckily for him, he didn't have a view of her face.

"A-are you not satisfied with my answer?" he asked.

"Obviously not. What's with that minimalistic explanation? I'm so curious about him, I know you know that."

"Haha. Well, be glad young miss. Your question was supposed to be answered with a simple yes or no, you see?"

"You should be glad Mr. Chen. My question wasn't supposed to be as easy to answer as that. I'm just thinking about your precious life, you see?"

Zaki could only laugh hard at the girl's savage response as they approached the black car. As soon as he opened its door, Zaki was. .h.i.t hard by the needle sharp gaze and oozing coldness being directed at him and he could only scratch his head. Ugh. This one too. Haha. The two of them really are simply amusing.